The Trip: Quito & Puerto López [Gaganymede]

The Trip: Quito & Puerto López

26 November 2009 at 18:07
Diary, Traveling

Ada, Peter and I left the Rhiannon community and we took a fourth mate with us: Luca, a Briton with italian roots.

Peter, Luca and me in front of the cathedral of Quito

Then we visited Quito quickly (3 days). The first night we went, with Cheryl, Lily and Anna, met in Rhiannon, to have a drink in the Mariscal (the "trendy" area) although we wanted to go to a bar who represented more the alternative scene but it was closed. We saw the cathedral, the vivarium (we touched a boa!! but we didn't take pictures, rubbish), a gay bar (very low-profile... and they listen to Lara Fabian in spanish), and so on. We stayed in a cheap hostel, Hostal Sucre, on San Francisco square, where we met nice and crazy people. Oh, video!

This video has been produced by me or a friend.

We decided to go to Montañita but the way was long (10 hours) and there was some shit happening with the bus so we had to stop at Puerto López. In the end, we liked the place and we stayed there for a week. We could visit Salango island where we did some snorkeling (oh, all the little fishes in the sea!) and I wanted to test my waterproof camera and it was a bad idea because it wasn't that waterproof and it just died. 200 pounds up my arse after 3 weeks, it hurts. But hey, I managed to take that nice picture:

Our hosts, Solanda and Victor, were very nice and she cooked really well. I recommend their small hostel, very comfortable and cheap, the "Dannita". We also went for a bit in Montañita, to check it out, then we visited national parc Manchalilla: we saw iguanas, bathed in a small lagoon full of sulphur (boiled egg perfume) and at night, we slept under the stars on an amazing beach (although it's forbidden, but we left before the guards started working again, hee!!).